Secondary pelvis and perineum Flashcards
What forms the pelvis?
hip bones, sacrum, coccyx
What are the pelvis functions?
transfers weight of the upper body to the lower body, withstands compression, houses and protects pelvic viscera
What is the pelvic brim?
Divides true and false pelvis (false - bigger circle) (true - smaller inlet)
What’s the difference between true and false pelvis?
false “greater” – loops of the ileum, sigmoid colon
true “lesser” – urinary bladder and reproductive organs
What are the hip bones?
ilium, ischium, pubis
What is the obturator foramen?
between ischium-pubis
What is the acetabulum?
where the femur head rests
What does the lumbar vertebrae do?
1) formation of posterior wall
2) allows flexion and extension
3) curvature or lordosis
4) site of fracture
What are the four joints of the pelvis?
1) sacrococcygeal
2) lumbrosacral
3) sacroiliac
4) pubic symphysis
What are the main ligaments of the hip bones you can see from the sagittal cut?
obturator membrane, sacrospinous ligament, sacrotuberous ligament
What are the main ligaments of the hip bones you can see from a posterior cut?
interosseous sacroiliac ligament (horizontal)
posterior sacroiliac ligament (vertical), Sacrotuberous ligament (diagonal)
What are the main ligaments of the hip bones you can see from an anterior cut?
Iliocolumbar ligament (horizontal), anterior sacroiliac ligaments (wide horizontal), sacrospinous ligament (low horizontal)
How is the greater sciatic foramen and lesser sciatic foramen separated?
sacrospinous ligament
What makes the second border of the lesser sciatic foramen?
sacrotuberous ligament
What exits out of the greater sciatic foramen?
superior gluteal nerve and artery, piriformis, interior gluteal nerve and artery, and the sciatic nerve
What exits out of the lesser sciatic foramen?
Internal pudendal artery and vein, pudendal nerve, obturator internus tendon, nerve to obturator
What is the lumbosacral plexus?
both lumbar and sacral plexus formed by anterior rami located on posterior wall, adjacent to spine, imbedded and into the psoas major muscle
What nerves make up the lumbosacral plexus?
(spinal nerves L4 to L5 and S1 to S4)
What are the two main nerves from the sacral plexus?
sciatic and pudendal
What is the sciatic nerve?
largest nerve of the body – L4-S3, converges, most commonly passing through greater sciatic foramina
What is the pudendal nerve?
main nerve of perineum and chief sensory nerve of external genitalia, S2-S4, skin, terminal parts of reproductive, urinary & digestive tracts
What is the pudendal plexus?
lying on posterior wall of pelvis, formed by branches of S2, S3, S4, S5, coccgeal nerve
What is the coccygeal plexus?
innervation of cocygeus, part of levator ani, sacrococcygeal joint, and supplies skin between tip of coccyx and anus
What do sympathetic fibers produce?
contraction of internal genital organs during orgasm and inhibit rectal peristalsis
What do parasympathetic fibers stimulate?
contraction of rectum/bladder for defecation and urination; erection
What are the 4 female pelvic arteries?
paired internal iliac artery, median sacral artery, superior rectal, paired ovarian artery
What are the 3 male pelvic arteries?
paired internal iliac artery, median sacral, superior rectal
What are the branches of the external iliac artery?
superficial gastric artery, inferior epigastric artery, superficial circumflex, superficial external pudendal artery, deep external pudendal
What are the branches of the internal iliac artery?
iliolumbar, lateral sacral, gluteal (superior/inferior), pudendal, inferior vesical (uterine), middle rectal, vaginal, obturator, umbilical
What is the pelvic floor?
support pelvic viscera and formed by pelvic diaphragm: levator ani, small coccygeus, covering fascia, incomplete anteriorly
What are the 3 parts of the levator ani muscle?
puborectalis -> pubococcygeus -> iliococcygeous